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VIEW OF STAGE— FROM AMPHITHEATER LOOKING EAST 



(irfcer of Exercises 



Parade Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles 

Grand Marshal 
Assembly in Amphitheater - United States Marine Band 

Invocation William W. Gist 

Chaplain in Chief G. A. R. 

Introductory Address - The Secretary of War 

Chairman, Arlington Memorial Commisssion 

Presentation of the Commander in Chief, Grand Army of 

the Republic, Dan. M. Hall, as Presiding Officer for 

the Dedication Exercises 

Presentation of the Colors {? pla ! n JJ, an ' ^ J?'^ Officer of the Day 

ICaplain Wm. L. Mattocks, Officer of the Guard 

The Star Spangled Banner - United States Marine Band 
Dedication By the Grand Army of the Republic 

Commander in Chief Dan. M. Hall. Senior Vice Commander in Chief Geo. A. Hosley. 

Junior Vice Commander in Chief Isidore Isaacs. Adjutant Jos. W. O'Neil. 

Chaplain Washington Gardner. 

Music Hearts and Flowers 

Address - The President of the United States 

Address - The Secretary of the Navy 

Music - Columbia the Gem of the Ocean 

Address - - Wm> Jones 

Commander in Chief United Spanish War Veterans 
Address General John J. Pershing 

Music » America 

Benediction - Rev. George H. Slaybaugh 

Past Senior Vice Commander in Chief, Grand Army of the Republic 
Taps 



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NEARLY twenty years ago the vine-covered pergola which had been 
erected by the Quartermaster's Department of the Army for the 
Memorial Day exercises in the Arlington National Cemetery was 
found to be entirely inadequate to accommodate the constantly in- 
creasing throngs which attended these exercises. The idea was therefore con- 
ceived of erecting a suitable building which would serve not only as a memorial 
to our soldier dead, but which would provide an assembly place for such 
exercises as might be held in the cemetery grounds. 

Accordingly, the first steps toward this end were taken in 1903, when the 
necessity for such a building and the appropriateness of its erection were first 
suggested by the Commander of the Department of the Potomac, Grand Army 
of the Republic. Preliminary sketches and plans were prepared in 1905 and 
presented to Congress by the Secretary of the Treasury, but no action was taken 
until 1908, when a Commission was created by Congress and an appropriation 
of $5,000 was made to secure and present more detailed plans for the proposed 
memorial. 

No further action was taken by Congress for five years, when, by the Act of 
March 3, 1913, the construction of a memorial amphitheater and chapel was 
authorized. Great credit is due the late Judge Ivory G. Kimball, Commander 
of the Department of the Potomac, Grand Army of the Republic, and his 
various associates for their continuous efforts to bring the project to the attention 
of Congress and the public and thus make the memorial possible of realization. 

Act of 1913 provided that the Memorial should be erected under the direction 
of a commission composed of the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, 
the Superintendent of the Capitol Building and Grounds, Ivory G. Kimball, 
representing the Grand Army of the Republic, and Charles W. Newton, repre- 
senting the United Spanish War Veterans. By a later Act, that of March 3, 
1915, the personnel of the Commission was increased by the addition of the 
Commander of Camp 171, United Confederate Veterans of the District of Col- 
umbia. The Commission, thus created, appointed as its executive and disbursing 
officer, the United States engineer officer in charge of Public Buildings and 
Grounds in the District of Columbia. As the Act creating the Commission 
provided that the Memorial should be constructed in accordance with the plans 
of Carrere & Hastings, of New York City, their services were engaged as the 
Architects of the building. The beautiful structure, the general lines and needs 
of which were given the Architects at the outset, was the final result of their 
labors. 

The main feature of the structure consists of an open air amphitheater, ellip- 
tical in plan, with a seating capacity of about 4,000 persons. This amphi- 
theater is inclosed by a marble colonnade with entrances at the end of the 
principal axes. The main entrance is from the east and this section contains 
a reception hall and stage on the main floor, a museum room on the second floor, 
and a chapel in the basement. Under the floor of the colonnade, crypts are 
provided for the burial of distinguished soldiers, sailors, and marines. The 
building is constructed of white marble from quarries at Danby, Vt. 

Ground was broken at the site on March 1, 1915, the corner stone laid 
October 13, 1915, and work carried to successful completion by the builders, 
the Geo. A. Fuller Company. 



SIljc Arlington Memorial Amnljftljeater 
Commission 

CREATED BY ACT OF CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1913 



HONORABLE NEWTON D. BAKER 

Secretary of War 

HONORABLE JOSEPHUS DANIELS 
Secretary of the Navy 

MR. ELLIOTT WOODS 
Superintendent of the U. S. Capitol Building and Grounds 

COLONEL JOHN McELROY 
Representing the Grand Army of the Republic 

CAPTAIN FRED. BEALL 

Representing the United Confederate Veterans 

CAPTAIN CHARLES NEWTON 
Representing the United Spanish War Veterans 



COLONEL C. S. RIDLEY, U. S. Army 
Executive and Disbursing Officer 



CARRERE AND HASTINGS, New York City 
Architects 



Arts of (£muirp00 Itefatutg tn thr Arlington iHrmortal Amphitheater 

Public Buildings Act approved May 30, 1908 (Vol. 35, Stats., part 1, page 540): 

Sec. 16. That a commission consisting of the Secretary of War, the 
Secretary of the Treasury, the Superintendent of the United States Capi- 
tol Building and Grounds, one member of the Grand Army of the 
Republic, to be designated by the Commander in Chief of that organiza- 
tion, and a member of the United Spanish War Veterans, to be desig- 
nated by the Commander in Chief of that organization, be, and is 
hereby, created, which shall cause plans and estimates to be prepared 
for a memorial amphitheatre at Arlington, Virginia, and report the esti- 
mated cost thereof to the Congress: Provided, That such plans and esti- 
mates be prepared under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. 

And for the expense of said commission a sum not to exceed five 
thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended on vouchers 
approved by the chairman of said commission. 
Public Buildings Act approved March 4, 1913 (Vol. 37, Stats., part 1, page 882): 

Sec. 14. That for the purpose of beginning the construction, under 
the direction of a commission consisting of the Secretary of War, the 
Secretary of the Navy, and Superintendent of the United States Capitol 
Building and Grounds, Ivory G. Kimball, representing the Grand Army 
of the Bepublic, and Charles W. Newton, representing the United 
Spanish War Veterans, of a memorial amphitheatre, including a chapel, 
at the National Cemetery at Arlington, Virginia, and in accordance 
with the plans of Carrere and Hastings, architects, of New York City, 
adopted by the commission heretofore appointed, there is hereby 
authorized the sum of $250,000: Provided, That this authorization 
shall not be construed as fixing the limit of cost of said building at the 
sum herein named, but the building herein provided for shall be con- 
structed so as to cost, complete, including heating and ventilating 
apparatus, and approaches, $750,000. 

That said commission is hereby authorized to enter into contracts for 
the construction of said memorial amphitheatre and chapel within the 
ultimate limit of cost above mentioned: Provided further, That the said 
commission may, in its discretion, locate said chapel elsewhere upon 
the Arlington estate, and in that event may expend of the sum hereby 
authorized not more than $75,000 for the purpose of constructing said 
chapel. 

That said commission is hereby authorized and directed to enter into 
a contract with Carrere and Hastings, architects, for their full profes- 
sional services in connection with the construction of the memorial 
amphitheatre, herein authorized, at the usual and customary profes- 
sional charges for such services. 
Sundry Civil Act approved August 1, 1914, (Vol. 38, Stats., part 1, page 636): 

Aldington Memorial Amphitheatre: For beginning the construction, 
under the direction of a commission consisting of the Secretary of War, 
the Secretary of the Navy, and Superintendent of the United States 
Capitol Building and Grounds, Ivory G. Kimball, representing the 
Grand Army of the Bepublic, and Charles W. Newton, representing the 
United Spanish War Veterans, of a memorial amphitheatre, including 
a chapel, at the National Cemetery at Arlington, Virginia, and in 
accordance with the plans of Carrere & Hastings, architects, of New 
York City, adopted by the commission heretofore appointed, $250,000. 
Sundry Civil Act approved March 3, 1915 (Vol. 38, Stats., part 1, page 848): 

Arlington Memorial Amphitheatre: For continuing the construction, 
under the direction of a commission consisting of the Secretarv of War, 
the Secretary of the Navy, and Superintendent of the United States 
Capitol Building and Grounds, Ivory G. Kimball, representing the 
(iiand Army of the Bepublic, the commander of Camp One Hundred 
and Seventy-one, United Confederate Veterans of the District of Colum- 
bia, and Charles W. Newton, representing the United Spanish War 
Veterans, of a memorial amphitheatre, including a chapel, at the 
National Cemetery at Arlington, Virginia, and in accordance with the 
plans of Carrere and Hastings, architects, of New York City, adopted 
by the commission heretofore appointed, to be immediately available 
and to remain available until expended, $400,000. 
Sundry Civil Act approved July 1, 1916 (Vol. 39, Stats., part 1, page 292): 

Arlington Memorial Amphitheatre: For completing the construction, 
under the direction ot a commission consisting of the Secretary of War, 
the Secretary of the Navy, and Superintendent of the United States 
Capitol Building and Grounds, Ivory G. Kimball, representing the 
Grand Army of the Bepublic, the commander of Camp One Hundred 
and Seventy-one, United Confederate Veterans of the District of Colum- 
bia, and Charles W. Newton, representing the United Spanish War 
Veterans, of a memorial amphitheatre, including a chapel, at the 
National Cemetery at Arlington, Virginia, and in accordance with the 
plans of Carrere and Hastings, architects, of New York City, adopted 
by the commission heretofore appointed, to be immediately available 
and to remain available until expended, $100,000. 



COMMITTEE FOR THE 

IRrr^pttmt of (gwatB at fit? Utemnnal 

FREDERICK D. OWEN, Chairman 
CHARLES LEE COOK. Aid 



MEMBERS OF THE 

Society of Colonial Wars in tljc district of Columbia 

Major N. Monroe Hopkins, U. S. A. 
Lt. Comdr. Lewis P. Clephane, U. S. N. W. M. Beall 

Lt. Col. Walter C. Clephane, U. S. A. W. H. Sommervell 

Capt. Frederic B. Hyde, U. S. A. Dr. Edwin A. Hill 

Capt. R. R. Bennett, U. S. A. Samuel Herrick 

Capt. R. W. Hills, U. S. A. William V. Cox 

Ensign M. P. Sherwood, U. S. N. Alfred B. Dent 

Rev. William Tayloe Snyder 

. . AND 

MEMBERS OF THE 

District nf Columbia §orirtu §ons of tlje 
American iKruolution 

Albert D. Spangler Selden M. Ely 

Wm. A. Miller John Edward Fenwick 

Henry White Draper Thad B. Sargeant 

O. C. Luxford Henry W. Samson 

J. Newton Baker G. R. Ide 

John S. Barker F. W. Graham 

Paul Brockett John G. Johnson 
Lt. Col. J. D. Carmody, U. S. A. 



OFFICERS OF 

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Cadet Col. C. T. Lanham, In Charge 

ASSISTI NG AS USHERS 



SPECIAL AIDS 



Capt. R. B. Field, U. S. A. Maj. A. B. Johnson, U. S. A. 

Dr. Wm. W. Ayres Dr. Wm. D. Wirt 



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